What is this thing? - Just saw it in the tank

[ctmedman]

I just saw this worm come out of the the rock under my galaxy coral. I saw it snooping around the underside of the galaxy and got a little concerned. Is this something I should be worried about? I've never seen anything like this although it does look kind of cool.

 

[dscount]

Agreed. Looks cool. But that could be bad. Hopefully Fluff is online and she might know. Should post in the ID Section. An advisor will most likely MOVE this article there.

 

[dorian965]

looks like a peanut worm but ive never seen one with these markings. the bands look cool.

 

[ctmedman]

If it's truly a peanut then from what I've read I'll be okay. Does anyone else want to take a shot at identifying this thing?

 

[Fluff]

I agree it looks like a peanut worm and nothing to worry about. Moving this to the saltwater ID section.

 

[Mghslowell]

can you scrape off that coraline algea and send me some

 

[ctmedman]

I use Purple-up and it seems to work well. Of course, you need to have some coralline algae already present in the tank.